The cohort launches Sunday, Aug. 18, with a flagship event — a full-day training held at the Stage Nature Center in Troy.
Later this month, Adamah Detroit, a Jewish environmental group, is launching the “Jewish Environmental Education Cohort.”
The cohort will offer a comprehensive, enriching experience designed to deepen participants’ connection to Jewish environmental education and empower them with the tools and inspiration to integrate environmental stewardship into their classrooms, camps and Jewish institutional life more broadly.
Carly Silverman, Adamah Detroit’s community engagement manager, says the cohort is for anyone who creates educational experiences or works within the community, including educators in day schools and camps and rabbis and directors of community engagement at other institutions.
Last year, Adamah Detroit offered one full day of training. This year, its cohort model will provide a yearlong learning experience and deepen the impact for the participants.
Major program highlights include four quarterly in-person training and professional development sessions modeling experiential instruction rooted in Jewish environmental values.
The cohort launches Sunday, Aug. 18, with a flagship event — a full-day training held at the Stage Nature Center in Troy. The day will be filled with immersive learning experiences and interactive workshops, culminating in a deep dive into the connections between Judaism and the natural world.
Participants will leave with inspiration and confidence to integrate Jewish and environmental content into their programs, a better understanding of the intersection of Judaism and ecology, and a feeling of connection to other educators with similar values. A kosher lunch will be provided.
For educators who participated in last year’s full-day training, there will be an afternoon-only option with distinctive breakout sessions crafted to enhance immersion in various facets of Jewish environmental learning.
Three additional in-person sessions will take place on the afternoons of Sunday, Nov. 17; Sunday, March 30, 2025; and Sunday, May 18, 2025. These sessions will explore key themes and provide opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Article by Danny Schwartz.